· the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"

Synonym(s): arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop

Hypernym(s): inaction, inactivity, inactiveness

· an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"

Synonym(s): blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop

Hypernym(s): obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta

· the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"

Synonym(s): stop

Hypernym(s): act, deed, human_action, human_activity